Magomed Aliyevich Suleimanov (Russian: Мухаммад Алиевич Сулейманов; 29 February 1976 – 11 August 2015), also known as Abu Usman Gimrinsky (Russian: Абу Усман Гимринский), was a Dagestani Islamist in Russia and the third leader of the Caucasus Emirate militant group.
An ethnic Avar from the Dagestani village of Gimry, Suleimanov studied at the Fatah al-Islami University in Damascus in 1992.
[3] In 2014, Rustam Asildarov and a number of other senior Caucasus Emirate commanders announced their defection to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), swearing an oath of allegiance to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
[4] Following the killing of Aliaskhab Kebekov by Russian security forces in April 2015, Suleimanov was chosen as the new leader of the Caucasus Emirate,[3] however he was not formally announced until 2 July 2015.
[1] On 11 August 2015, Magomed Suleimanov was killed in special operations by Russian security forces during a raid near Gimry in Russia's republic of Dagestan.